About Silver King

Thornycroft Silver King 60′ Motor Boat – 1965

Silver King is a 60′ Thornycroft motorboat built in 1965 by John I Thornycroft at Hampton-on-Thames, London. She has spent many years in Monaco and Antibes and is currently moored in Italy. The owner lives in Chigwell, Essex.

The first owner a Mr Da Costa from Hampstead London who commissioned Thornycroft to build the boat and kept it on the Thames until 1966 when it was returned to the original yard on the Thames for a new permanent wheelhouse roof and was GRP triple sheathed to 8mm thickness. He then had the boat sailed under its own power via the Atlantic through Bay of Biscay,Gibraltar to Palma Mallorca where it stayed until 1978.

The second owner then moved it to Cannes, France where it was purchased by the current owners, the Gilbert family, in 1982. They are only the third owners from new. The boat was in Cannes until 1998 from when it was berthed in Antibes, France and from 2012 in San Remo, Italy where it is permanently berthed.

This historic motorboat is for sale. If you are interested in becoming the next owner, please contact us for more information.